Re: Post Season Things

[Rick]

The first guy to use Doug's, then new, 18' Go-Devil in our marsh also worked at a boat shop and installed a second bulb up near the tank in the bow to apparently good effect.

[DComeaux]

The first guy to use Doug's, then new, 18' Go-Devil in our marsh also worked at a boat shop and installed a second bulb up near the tank in the bow to apparently good effect.

I may do that as well rather than in the rear near and before the external fuel pump. I noticed a splice in the line in that area and assumed there may have been a primer bulb there at one time.

We have sleet falling here this morning! We'll, the local weather people are calling it graupel.

[Rick]

Sounds like a different setup, but I'm just saying that I don't think the additional bulb impeded normal flow.

Never heard of the PB Blaster version, but had good luck with Boshield's(?) waxy salt blocker during my Capt. Rick phase.

[Darren]

Looks good! We've long used Mercury's Corrosion Guard product for an anti-corrosion waterproof coating on all sorts of outboard parts or other stuff that gets a lot of water, not sure if you've tried that one in past.

[DComeaux]

Thanks for the mention of the other products. It'll give me options.

[DComeaux]

Moving along nicely


Louisiana Rice Research Board

In southwest Louisiana, the crop is essentially planted. Tyler Musgrove, the new rice specialist there, said, “We had dry and warm conditions early which led to a much earlier planting start than usual. Statewide, we reached 85-90 percent during the last week of March. The only rice left to plant is in northeast Louisiana and any crawfish rice in June.” Musgrove is estimating a total of 420,000 acres planted this year in the state.

"He estimated that 850,000 acres of rice will be planted in Arkansas this year."

https://www.usarice.com/news-and-events/publications/usa-rice-daily/article/usa-rice-daily/2026/04/08/u.s.-rice-spring-crop-planting-and-progress?fbclid=IwY2xjawRF0IJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF0bXdLdTIySndpRTNQYWk1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHibWbHcZqE2zBMR50eJraDBF5TGy5g5VG4yEVRErPTgi2lZsyBwDmIRxSoHH_aem_97xl9xF_cwFZyaNp6PpAUg

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[Rick]

Yeah, but we gots 'em beat on crawfish boats a bazillion and twelve to one.

[Darren]

Moving along nicely


Louisiana Rice Research Board

In southwest Louisiana, the crop is essentially planted. Tyler Musgrove, the new rice specialist there, said, “We had dry and warm conditions early which led to a much earlier planting start than usual. Statewide, we reached 85-90 percent during the last week of March. The only rice left to plant is in northeast Louisiana and any crawfish rice in June.” Musgrove is estimating a total of 420,000 acres planted this year in the state.

"He estimated that 850,000 acres of rice will be planted in Arkansas this year."

https://www.usarice.com/news-and-events/publications/usa-rice-daily/article/usa-rice-daily/2026/04/08/u.s.-rice-spring-crop-planting-and-progress?fbclid=IwY2xjawRF0IJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF0bXdLdTIySndpRTNQYWk1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHibWbHcZqE2zBMR50eJraDBF5TGy5g5VG4yEVRErPTgi2lZsyBwDmIRxSoHH_aem_97xl9xF_cwFZyaNp6PpAUg

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Podcast guys a couple weeks back were surmising rice plantings in AR would be down, perhaps substantially, this year due to conditions they were seeing. They figured beans would see an uptick. Not sure if that figure is up or down from par.